Hello all
I bought my 60W iStick with a new Samsung 25R in early April. Initially, I got very good battery life of around 28 hours before having to recharge. I vape at around 450F (TC) and 30-33W (VW) so I'm not exactly pushing the limits of what the mod can handle. Because it's a single battery mod, I always charge the battery in the mod with the supplied USB cable. I recharge the moment the battery indicator starts blinking, never leave the mod unattended while charging, and unplug it the moment the battery fill indicator goes off. So I've never left the battery on charge for anything more than a few minutes after recharging fully.
Over a period of weeks, the battery life reduced to about 24 hours or maybe slightly less. I assumed that was because I was vaping a bit more. Then, suddenly in the space of a day, battery life plummeted to 5 hours. I thought that odd as I'd heard you get around 300 recharges from an 18650 before its ability to hold a charge reduces greatly. I hadn't even put 60 recharges through it.
Anyway, I go out and buy myself an LG turd, charge it up - and only get around 12 hours from it. Now I'm really concerned. Is the mod damaged? It's not getting hot, it's reading the resistance of the coil correctly, I'm not getting any error messages. But a new turd is giving me 12 hours and a two-month-old 25R is giving me 5 hours. This isn't right.
So I decide to experiment and change what I can. I usually recharge from the PC in my study. I have another PC in my lounge. So I recharge in that. Instant improvement. I get around 22 hours from the turd and around 18 from the 25R. Still not what I'd expect of two almost brand new batteries, but better.
Yesterday, I only got about 14 hours from the turd. Today, I recharged the 25R and it finished charging around 16h00. It's now 23h25 and the battery is flashing empty again. So, despite charging in the lounge PC which gives me better results, I'm back to just over 7 hours on the 25R again.
Wtf is going on here? I'm getting anywhere from 5-18 hours on two very new batteries, and battery life is all over the place, changing dramatically and literally from one charge to the next. Does anybody have any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any input.
I bought my 60W iStick with a new Samsung 25R in early April. Initially, I got very good battery life of around 28 hours before having to recharge. I vape at around 450F (TC) and 30-33W (VW) so I'm not exactly pushing the limits of what the mod can handle. Because it's a single battery mod, I always charge the battery in the mod with the supplied USB cable. I recharge the moment the battery indicator starts blinking, never leave the mod unattended while charging, and unplug it the moment the battery fill indicator goes off. So I've never left the battery on charge for anything more than a few minutes after recharging fully.
Over a period of weeks, the battery life reduced to about 24 hours or maybe slightly less. I assumed that was because I was vaping a bit more. Then, suddenly in the space of a day, battery life plummeted to 5 hours. I thought that odd as I'd heard you get around 300 recharges from an 18650 before its ability to hold a charge reduces greatly. I hadn't even put 60 recharges through it.
Anyway, I go out and buy myself an LG turd, charge it up - and only get around 12 hours from it. Now I'm really concerned. Is the mod damaged? It's not getting hot, it's reading the resistance of the coil correctly, I'm not getting any error messages. But a new turd is giving me 12 hours and a two-month-old 25R is giving me 5 hours. This isn't right.
So I decide to experiment and change what I can. I usually recharge from the PC in my study. I have another PC in my lounge. So I recharge in that. Instant improvement. I get around 22 hours from the turd and around 18 from the 25R. Still not what I'd expect of two almost brand new batteries, but better.
Yesterday, I only got about 14 hours from the turd. Today, I recharged the 25R and it finished charging around 16h00. It's now 23h25 and the battery is flashing empty again. So, despite charging in the lounge PC which gives me better results, I'm back to just over 7 hours on the 25R again.
Wtf is going on here? I'm getting anywhere from 5-18 hours on two very new batteries, and battery life is all over the place, changing dramatically and literally from one charge to the next. Does anybody have any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any input.
